Movielogr
The Traveling Executioner (1970)
Directed by Jack Smight
Overview
Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair. After he’s assigned his first woman to execute, however, Jonas’ sense of purpose is shaken.
Rated R | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Stacy Keach | Bud Cort | Marianna Hill | Graham Jarvis | James Sloyan | M. Emmet Walsh | John Bottoms | Ford Rainey | James Greene | Sam Reese | Stefan Gierasch | Logan Ramsey | Charles Tyner | William Mims | Val Avery | Walter Barnes | Charlie Briggs | Paul Gauntt | Jason Wingreen | Pat Patterson | Katherine MacGregor